I've never tubbed a car, but it would certainly seem that *access* to the interior side of the tubs would be much easier with a wagon...??
I've never tubbed a car, but it would certainly seem that *access* to the interior side of the tubs would be much easier with a wagon...??
Yes trying to finish the tubs takes the longest. Since I have a finished car I used two different types of cordless sawzall's. I used a very long blade on the cut from the inside. Was easy to just let in cut through that area where you have multiply layers of metal(under the package tray).
Joey
My 55 was gutted so I was able to use my Plasma cutter. More than one way and differences in tools, experience and condition of car, make no two the same.
Tubbing a wagon is harder than tubbing a non-wagon, IMO. It depends on how you do it, but there are no tubs made for wagons except the stock sized ones, which are relatively new (they weren't available when I did mine).
I don't know how many hours I have in mine but it was a ton of work. I wanted then to NOT looks like tubs when finished, so I blended them back into the stock location at the tailgate. I actually built the cargo floor first, then made the tubs to fit. I used the front half of a 4-door sedan tub and hand fabricated the rest. Please ignore the dates on the pics...the camera settings must have been screwed up/ LOL!
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56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
The other thing you have to do when you tub a wagon like I did is widen the wheelhouse pieces at the rear. This is how I did it.
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56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
WOW!